Yochanan Afek (; born Yohanan Kopelovich, 16 April 1952) is an Israeli chess player, composer, trainer and arbiter. He is the only person to possess international titles at five different facets of chess, being an International Master, International Grandmaster of chess composition, International Arbiter, FIDE master in problem solving (2005), and International Judge for chess compositions. In 2002, he won Paris City Chess Championship (off contest). Afek won the prestigious Art chess tournament in Amsterdam organized by the foundation for aristocratic art and culture (stichting Aristocratische Cultuur en Kunst) where various grandmasters participated. The second chapter of Tibor Karolyi's 2009 book Genius in the Background is devoted to him. Afek described pioneering Israeli master Moshe Czerniak as “my teacher”. References External links Yochanan Afek – Articles – New In Chess 1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Tel Aviv Chess International Masters Israeli chess players Jewish chess players Jewish Israeli sportspeople Chess coaches Chess arbiters Chess composers